diff --git a/scripts/verify-links.js b/scripts/verify-links.js
index cb7385d972..cec1b5545e 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-links.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-links.js
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ async function verifyUrl(basePath, absUrl, docPages) {
       }
     }
 
+    if (url.startsWith('/api/stable/')) {
+      const apiPath = resolvePath(
+        projectRoot,
+        `type-docs/${url.slice('/api/stable/'.length)}`,
+      );
+      if (existsSync(apiPath)) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+      return { url, basePath, apiPath, problem: 'api-missing' };
+    }
+
     const staticPath = resolvePath(projectRoot, 'microsite/static', `.${url}`);
     if (existsSync(staticPath)) {
       return undefined;
@@ -182,7 +193,6 @@ async function main() {
   process.chdir(projectRoot);
 
   const isCI = Boolean(process.env.CI);
-  const hasReference = existsSync(resolvePath(projectRoot, 'docs/reference'));
 
   const files = await listFiles('.');
   const mdFiles = files.filter(f => f.endsWith('.md'));
@@ -196,15 +206,24 @@ async function main() {
     badUrls.push(...badFileUrls);
   }
 
+  const hasReference = existsSync(resolvePath(projectRoot, 'docs/reference'));
   if (!hasReference) {
     console.log(
       "Skipping API reference link validation, no docs/reference/ dir. Reference docs can be built with 'yarn build:api-docs'",
     );
   }
 
+  const hasApiDocs = existsSync(resolvePath(projectRoot, 'type-docs'));
+  if (!hasApiDocs) {
+    console.log(
+      "Skipping API docs link validation, no type-docs/ dir. API docs can be built with 'yarn backstage-repo-tools package-docs'",
+    );
+  }
+
   if (badUrls.length) {
     console.log(`Found ${badUrls.length} bad links within repo`);
-    for (const { url, basePath, problem } of badUrls) {
+    for (const badUrl of badUrls) {
+      const { url, basePath, problem } = badUrl;
       if (problem === 'missing') {
         if (url.startsWith('../reference/') && !isCI && !hasReference) {
           continue;
@@ -238,6 +257,14 @@ async function main() {
         if (suggestion) {
           console.error(`  Replace with: ${suggestion}`);
         }
+      } else if (problem === 'api-missing') {
+        if (!hasApiDocs) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        console.error('Invalid API docs link');
+        console.error(`  From: ${basePath}`);
+        console.error(`  To: ${url}`);
+        console.error(`  Resolved path: ${badUrl.apiPath}`);
       } else if (problem === 'not-relative') {
         console.error('Links within /docs/ must be relative');
         console.error(`  From: ${basePath}`);